From Abraham to America: A History of Jewish Circumcision

by Eric Kline Silverman and Eric Silverman

Silverman's new book is a comprehensive overview of Jewish circumcision throughout history. Beginning with Genesis, the author traces paradoxes and tensions in biblical-Jewish circumcision as seen both within Judaism and from the dominant, non-Jewish culture, and ends with the current debate over Jewish and routine medical circumcision in America. This book is essential reading in Jewish studies, medical sociology, and Judaic studies/theology.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742516687
• ISBN13: 9780742516687
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.4"